Quote of the Day “Immigration lawyers help people navigate what is often a technical, arbitrary and discretionary process. As the US Ninth Circuit has noted, immigration law is very complex. In Castro-O’Ryan v. INS, 847 F.2d 1307, 1312 (9th Cir....

Today, President Trump has issued two executive orders relating to the border security. There is one more expected to come out tomorrow, which is related to the temporary freeze of admission, visa issuance, visa revocation for the nationals of certain...

Green card holders from the enumerated countries will be admitted on case by case basis: STATEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JOHN KELLY ON THE ENTRY OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS INTO THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON – In applying the...

Read the full text of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refusal to reinstate President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/09/us/document-Ninth-Circuit-s-Decision-on-Trump-s-Travel-Ban.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur Visa bulletin for March 2017 is up: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2017/visa-bulletin-for-march-2017.html

Fears of crackdown on H-1Bs cause rift between Silicon Valley, Indian tech firms. Read More

Huge immigrant visa backlogs challenge President Biden’s immigration policy goals.  Even though he has already halted and reversed some of his predecessor’s anti-immigration policies, the consequences of those restrictive measures remain and have contributed to a massive backlog of nearly...